Is There Really No Way?

The mornings in Misaki City seem somewhat more lively compared to other cities.

Perhaps it's because the murder case is still ongoing, and nighttime has become a taboo, preventing people from going out at night. So, they can only save this energy for the daytime and release it during the day?

In short, in the commercial street, which is some distance from the residential area and close to the city center, it is common to see people coming and going early in the morning.

People chatted and laughed with each other from time to time, and occasionally brushed past each other.

But almost everyone will turn their gaze to one person.

That was the girl who was leading two boys, walking excitedly forward like a foreign tourist, yet exuding the innocent and romantic air of a princess.

The beauty of the True Ancestor's princess, in the eyes of ordinary humans, might already be equivalent to mystery, enough to become a kind of power, right?

Therefore, wherever Arcueid went, every passerby, regardless of age or gender, would cast their gaze upon him, their eyes filled with a hint of amazement and fascination.

If Arcueid hadn't been holding Fang Li and Tohno Shiki, someone with ulterior motives would definitely have come up and struck up a conversation.

As Arcueid walked excitedly toward the shopping street ahead, Fang Li and Tohno Shiki couldn't stand it anymore.

"Where exactly are you planning to take us?" Fang Li asked directly. "Although it's just for fun, I am, after all, the butler of the Tohno family. I'm not just doing nothing. If you suddenly bring me out like this, Kohaku and Hisui must be anxiously looking for me."

"Yeah, right." Tohno Shiki strongly agreed, "I have to go to school too. I'm definitely late now, Akiba will kill me when I get back tonight."

Fang Li and Tohno Shiki's words caused Arcueid's excited expression to turn into displeasure.

Arcueid stopped, turned around, put his hands on his hips, and spoke with a dissatisfied expression.

"What? Are the butler and the school more important than finding the vampire in this city?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Li and Tohno Shiki exchanged a glance.

"So..." Tohno Shiki said somewhat uncertainly, "You brought us out here so that you'd help us find the vampires in this city?"

"That's right." Arcueid replied matter-of-factly, "I'm too weak right now, and I've lost too much power. If possible, I would like to have more time to rest and recover my strength, but it seems that I don't have that much time now."

"Don't we have that much time?" Tohno Shiki asked, somewhat puzzled. "Why not?"

The answer to this question was not Arcueid, but Fang Li.

"Because of Nero, right?" Fang Li narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "That guy devoured Nero."

"Devour?" Tohno Shiki was stunned.

"It means exactly what it says," Fang Li explained. "The reason why Dead Apostle drink human blood is to maintain their own survival. Just as humans need to obtain nutrients from food, Dead Apostle need to obtain genetic factors from human blood to repair their bodies, which are gradually damaged over time due to their incomplete immortality."

"If a vampire is allowed to drink blood indiscriminately, his power will gradually increase as his genetic material is filled," Fang Li said indifferently. "Right now, the vampire who is causing the murderous incident has drunk Nero's blood."

"What?" Tohno Shiki exclaimed in astonishment, "Vampires can drink the blood of other vampires?"

"So, in this situation, it's more like devouring than sucking blood," Fang Li said to Tohno Shiki. "Nero himself has extremely strong power. If his blood is sucked, it is very likely that his power will also be absorbed by the other party, greatly increasing the vampire's power."

Hearing this, Tohno Shiki understood somewhat.

The so-called lack of time refers to this problem.

"If we let that guy continue to suck blood like this, I'm afraid his power will rise to a level he's never reached before." Arcueid stared at Fang Li and Tohno Shiki and said with utmost seriousness, "And I'm weak now. If we don't find him quickly, it will become very troublesome to fight."

It's more than just troublesome.

Given Arcueid's current state, it's likely that if she were to actually face a vampire like this, the most probable outcome would be for her to be killed instead.

Arcueid couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

That's why Arcueid said there was no time left.

"We must find him as soon as possible."

Arcueid's voice was full of determination.

"Although I don't know where that guy is hiding now, he is definitely absorbing Nero's power in secret, and then releasing the dead he controls at night to suck blood everywhere."

"The dead are different from vampires. The dead are tools used to make servants after being drained of their blood by vampires, ignoring the possibility of turning into vampires themselves. If they are allowed to roam around the city and keep sucking blood, most of the blood they suck will eventually flow to the vampires who control them. Even the people whose blood they suck will become new dead, going around sucking blood again, and the cycle will continue."

"If we sit idly by and wait to die, not only will the enemy's strength continue to increase, but this city will also eventually become a dead city, full of enemies."

Therefore, Arcueid plans to rely on the strength of Fang Li and Tohno Shiki.

Upon hearing Arcueid's words, Fang Li Fang Li, Tohno Shiki found it somewhat difficult to breathe.

After all, Tohno Shiki didn't know much about vampires, but he understood the meaning of the word "dead city".

If that really happens, will Akiba, Kohaku, and Hisui also be attacked without their knowledge, and become tragic dead, manipulated by vampires, with no meaning in their lives?

Thinking about this, Tohno Shiki found it hard to sit still.

Only Fang Li raised a question.

"Even if you say that, we have no idea where they are hiding. This city is so big, how are the three of us supposed to find them?"

Only by knowing how to search can one actually search.

Otherwise, it seems highly unlikely that three people could find a single person in a city, especially a vampire who only knows how to stalk blood in the shadows.

Therefore, this problem must be solved first.

However, if this problem were so easy to solve, the other party wouldn't have chosen to hide.

"No matter what, we have to go find it."

Arcueid spoke with a suppressed, almost suffocating gaze.

"We have no other choice."

Tohno Shiki was speechless.

As for Fang Li, he hesitated for a moment.

"Is there really no other way?"